Topic outline

  • Week 2 Organisation and metalanguage

    The aim of this week is to learn more about how to organise your presentation. You will learn about the basic presentation structure (intro, body and conclusion) and how to structure those sections. For example, you will learn about effective attention getters for introductions and essential moves for the conclusion. You will also find out how to link the main sections and create connections between ideas in your presentation with useful language (often called linkers, signposts and transitions). To help get you oriented, after going through the week's materials, in Assignment 5, you will start planning the presentation by identifying your audience, and deciding about the purpose and topic for your own presentation on this course.

    Then, your core assignment, Assignment 6, is to create an outline for your talk, containing an introduction, the main points in the body section, and a conclusion. The  introduction must include an attention getter, and you will also include linkers in this outline. This stage is an often over-looked stage in presentation planning. Yet, when you do it well, you are well on your way towards a successful presentation.


     

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